Elwood Hamilton
Elwood Hamilton (1883-1945) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Hamilton died on September 19, 1945.
Early life and education
- University of Louisville, LL.B., 1904[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1905-1922
- Member, Kentucky General Assembly, 1912-1914
- Collector of internal revenue, State of Kentucky, 1917-1922
- Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1922-1935[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Sixth Circuit
Hamilton was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 25, 1938 to replace Charles Harwood Moorman. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 1st, and received commission on March 4th. He served on this court until his death on September 19, 1945.[1]
Western District of Kentucky
Hamilton was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 14, 1935 to replace Charles Dawson. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 18th, and received commission on June 20th. He served on this court until April 1, 1938, when he was appointed to the Sixth Circuit.[1] Hamilton was succeeded in this position by Shackelford Miller.
External links
- Biography from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit website.
- Elwood Hamilton's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Elwood Hamilton's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Charles Dawson |
Western District of Kentucky 1935–1938 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Shackelford Miller |
| Preceded by: Charles Harwood Moorman |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1938–1945 |
Succeeded by: Shackelford Miller
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jeffrey Sutton • Raymond Kethledge • Amul Thapar • Eric Clay • Richard Griffin • Karen Moore • Joan Larsen • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • John K. Bush • John Nalbandian • Eric Murphy • Chad Readler • Andre Mathis • Rachel Bloomekatz • Kevin Ritz | ||
| Senior judges |
Helene White • Alice Batchelder • Ralph Guy • James L. Ryan • Alan Norris • Richard Suhrheinrich • Martha Daughtrey • David McKeague • Deborah Cook • Julia Gibbons • John M. Rogers (Sixth Circuit) • Ronald Gilman • Danny Boggs • R. Guy Cole • Eugene Siler • Jane Stranch • | ||
| Former judges | Damon Keith • Bernice Donald • Gilbert Merritt • Cornelia Kennedy • Boyce Martin • Julian William Mack • Harry Wellford • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Herbert Milburn • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Halmer Hull Emmons • John Baxter • William E. Miller • Howell Edmunds Jackson • William Howard Taft • Horace Harmon Lurton • Henry Franklin Severens • William Rufus Day • Loyal Edwin Knappen • John Kelvey Richards • Arthur Carter Denison • John Wesley Warrington • Maurice Donahue • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Charles Harwood Moorman • Florence Ellinwood Allen • Elwood Hamilton • John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge) • Herschel Arant • Shackelford Miller • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Henry Brooks • Clifford O'Sullivan • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • John Peck II • Bailey Brown • Anthony Celebrezze • Bertram Combs • George Edwards (Sixth Circuit) • Thomas McAllister • Nathaniel Jones (federal judge) • Susan Neilson • Harry Phillips • David Aldrich Nelson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Alice Batchelder • Gilbert Merritt • Boyce Martin • Danny Boggs • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • R. Guy Cole • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Florence Ellinwood Allen • John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge) • Shackelford Miller • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • George Edwards (Sixth Circuit) • Thomas McAllister • Harry Phillips • | ||
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
